Supertuscan 50&50 Capannelle 2017
Tipologia: Rosso
Classificazione: Toscana IGT
Vitigni: Merlot Avignonesi 50% e Sangiovese Capannelle 50%.
Vinificazione ed Affinamento: vinificato in acciaio e tini di rovere di Slavonia. Affina in barrique per 18 mesi.
Regione: Toscana
Bottiglie prodotte: 32.157
Abbinamento consigliato: selvaggina, arrosti, carni rosse e formaggi stagionati.
Gradazione: 13.5%
Formato: 0,75 lt
Servire a: 18/20 °C
Anno: 2017
The company writes:
50&50 is a wine sprung from friendship.
The friendship which binds the owners of Avignonesi in Montepulciano and Capannelle in Gaiole in Chianti and their common desire to strive for excellence with their wines.
It is a wine which embodies the distinction of two historic wine producing areas of Tuscany, artfully woven together in a unique expression of double soul: the galestro-rich soil of Gaiole in Chianti and the clay-rich soil of Montepulciano.
The characteristics of the two regions are enhanced through the choice of the grapes which make this wine: Sangiovese from Capannelle which brings structure, tannins and grip to 50&50 and Merlot from Avignonesi which enriches it with elegance, softness and depth.
The first vintage of 50&50 was 1988, a truly excellent year, celebrated across Tuscany. was born as an experiment, almost by chance: during a jovial dinner the former owners of the two wineries started to compare, mix and match their wines and came up with the even blend of 50% Sangiovese and 50% Merlot which we know today.
Little did they suspect that the 50&50 was to become a landmark for the winemaking style which shaped the profile of premium quality Tuscan wines throughout the nineties and the new millennium.
They had given birth to something truly unique. 32,157 bottles of 50 &50 were produced for the 2017 vintage.